Improvement in brow-bands for bridles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. EDWIN R. CAHOONE, OF NEWARK,VNEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROW-BANDS FOR BRIDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,651, dated November5, 1878; application iled August 28, 1878. v

To all whom it may' concern `Be it known that I, E. It. CAHOONE, ofNewark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Front or Brow Bands for Horse-Bridles; and that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is aperspective, and Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections, on alarge scale,repre senting my improvement. Fig. 4 shows the stitfener detached.

The object of this improvement is to produce a front or brow bandfirst-class in appearance and durability at a much cheaper price thanhas heretofore been accomplished and to that end it consists, first, inafilling of paper, straw-board, vulcanized fiber, Sto., and theemployment with said illing of a metallic stiffening inclosed in saidlling, whereby the required stiffness and permanency is secured withmaterials very cheap in themselves; second, in the serrations on saidstiifening, for the purpose of making it adhere to the substance of theilling.

A is the covering-piece, which may be of.

leather or cloth; but leather is preferred. It may also be glazed orotherwise nished, accordin g to preference.

B is the illin g material, of vulcanized ber, straw, paper, or otherlike fibrous substance, to give to the leather the proper proportionsand appearance. To secure the illingin place, one or more rows ofstitches are made, passing through and through both lillin g and cover;but it is well known that a slight use f or a little wetting willdestroy the cohesion of such material as straw-board or coarse paper,and then when once wet the strap so made wouldlbe thereafter uselessunless re-enforced by some material not likely to be affected by suchcauses, such material as tin or other sheet metal, a strip, C, or stripsof which may be folded in and inclosed by the fibrous lling, or placedagainst said filling and within the leather cover A. The band so madewill be sufficiently flexible for all purposes, and will be lessaffected by moisture or wet than the bands heretofore lilled withleather, while the cost will be very much less.

I am aware that a shaping-strip of sheetl My paper-filled band may beornamented by stitching, as in the case of a leather band, which is notpossible with the metallic-filled band.

In order to guard against the working or slipping of the iillingB overthe metallic strip C, I have provided the same with serrations d, eithermarginal or central, as shown, and these serrations enter and hold tothe filling to effectually prevent-any slipping of one upon the other.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new isl.v As a newarticle of manufacture, a browband composed of aleather cover, a fillingof paper or vulcanized fiber, and an embedded strengthening-strip ofmetal, all substantially as set forth.

2. A brow-band for` a horse-bridle, -composed of an outer covering ofleather or cloth, glazed or otherwise, and a filling of straw or otherpaper, combined with an inclosed strengthening-strip of metal havingcentral or marginal serrations to penetrate and hold to the filling,

as set forth.

EDWIN R. CAHOONE. Witnesses: f R. D. O. SMITH,

WM. READ.

